2017年3月6日 星期一

Does grammar matter?

Does grammar matter?


文法真的很重要嗎?
什麼是文法?
語言學家的觀點:
...grammar is a set of patterns for how words are put together
to form phrases or clauses whether spoken or in writing.
世界上各語言各有其模式。
以英語和日語及其他語言做比較。
(...few of these so-called linguistic universals have been found.)
英語通常為主詞+動詞+受詞。
日語及其他語言則為主詞+受詞+動詞。
描述語言的模式,主要有兩種:
prescriptivism (規約論)和descriptivism (描述論)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_prescription
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_description
簡單的區分為
Prescriptivists think a given language should follow consistent rules.
Descriptivists see variation and adaptation as a natural and necessary part of language.
規約論制定標準形式,有一套詳細的文法規則,運用於寫作,
也運用於口說英語。
但是寫作和口說其實很不同。
口說自有其一套規則及模式,
例如,人們講話時,會用情緒和聲調來表達不同的意思,
所使用的結構也比較有彈性,
使用的句子結構也會避免太複雜等等,
描述論因而因應而生。
影片中也道出兩者的差異處:
Rather than deciding how language should be used, it
(=descriptivism) describes how people actually use it (=the language), and tracks the innovations they come up with in the process.
但是規約論和描述論其實並不是完全排斥的。
規約論應用於正式寫作,有助於不同背景的非母語人士間的溝通。
描述論則是讓我們透視心智如何運用語言,人類如何用本能建構以表達對世界的看法。
影片最後,
再為文法下一次定義:
Ultimately, grammar is best thought of as a set of linguistic habits
that are constantly being negotiated and reinvented by the entire group of language users.

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2017年3月5日 星期日

TED_661_680

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